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---
id: 5900f3ae1000cf542c50fec1
title: 'Problem 66: Diophantine equation'
challengeType: 5
forumTopicId: 302178
dashedName: problem-66-diophantine-equation
---
# --description--
Consider quadratic Diophantine equations of the form:
<div style='text-align: center;'>x<sup>2</sup> Dy<sup>2</sup> = 1</div>
For example, when D=13, the minimal solution in x is 649<sup>2</sup> 13×180<sup>2</sup> = 1.
It can be assumed that there are no solutions in positive integers when D is square.
By finding minimal solutions in x for D = {2, 3, 5, 6, 7}, we obtain the following:
<div style='margin-left: 2em;'>
3<sup>2</sup> 2×2<sup>2</sup> = 1<br>
2<sup>2</sup> 3×1<sup>2</sup> = 1<br>
<strong><span style='color: red;'>9</span></strong><sup>2</sup> 5×4<sup>2</sup> = 1<br>
5<sup>2</sup> 6×2<sup>2</sup> = 1<br>
8<sup>2</sup> 7×3<sup>2</sup> = 1<br>
</div>
Hence, by considering minimal solutions in `x` for D ≤ 7, the largest `x` is obtained when D=5.
Find the value of D ≤ 1000 in minimal solutions of `x` for which the largest value of `x` is obtained.
# --hints--
`diophantineEquation()` should return a number.
```js
assert(typeof diophantineEquation() === 'number');
```
`diophantineEquation()` should return 661.
```js
assert.strictEqual(diophantineEquation(), 661);
```
# --seed--
## --seed-contents--
```js
function diophantineEquation() {
return true;
}
diophantineEquation();
```
# --solutions--
```js
// solution required
```